09-01-2013, 12:59 PM
Oh, the 11 CV "Traction Avant"... for a long period of time, it was the favorite car in French Gangster films, because it was the favorite car of French Gangsters.
It was in production for a very long time; it was replaced by the ID/DS series, which led to the SM, which I mentioned before, because I owned one of those.
Nobody could paint a car blue like the French. The Brits had British Racing Green sewn up, but French Blue... ooh la la, _Bugatti_!
And to continue the theme of the OP, among the merely unusual French cars, were some _very_ unusual French cars, including the Simcas with Ford Flathead V8s, and the Facels, with ginormous Chrysler engines.
And then there are those French Yachts... while Cal, and Coronado, and Lancer were failing, in came the Beneteaus, and Jeanneaus, and Dufours. They now own the charter trade; Morgan, Islander and Gulfstar are but a memory.
It's funny how the French now rule the Blue waves...
Eustace
It was in production for a very long time; it was replaced by the ID/DS series, which led to the SM, which I mentioned before, because I owned one of those.
Nobody could paint a car blue like the French. The Brits had British Racing Green sewn up, but French Blue... ooh la la, _Bugatti_!
And to continue the theme of the OP, among the merely unusual French cars, were some _very_ unusual French cars, including the Simcas with Ford Flathead V8s, and the Facels, with ginormous Chrysler engines.
And then there are those French Yachts... while Cal, and Coronado, and Lancer were failing, in came the Beneteaus, and Jeanneaus, and Dufours. They now own the charter trade; Morgan, Islander and Gulfstar are but a memory.
It's funny how the French now rule the Blue waves...
Eustace